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By Elaine King In less than ten days, the seniors at Bellbrook High School will walk across the stage and accept their diplomas. Angst and anxiety linger in the air. As seniors wrap up their final exams and look to graduation, one task remains: cap decorating. Here are some general ideas for the crafty seniors: Use your prospective college or university for inspiration: Inspire others with some … Continue reading Hats Off: Graduation Cap Ideas

By: Sarah Rovinsky Bellbrook’s seniors signed up two weeks ago to participate in Powder Puff, which is essentially a role reversal of a typical Friday night football game as girls play football while the boys cheer them on in ridiculous attire. The participants were randomly selected by senior adviser Mrs. Enderson and placed on one of the two teams: purple or white. Both groups practiced separately … Continue reading Powder Puff: Bellbrook’s Seniors Take the Field

by Alyssa Rogers At this year’s annual Met Gala, I realized that the fashion was even more breathtaking than in years past. The Gala is an annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. Each year there is a theme relating to the costume exhibition, with this year’s theme “Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology.” The stars always wow with … Continue reading Alyssa’s Best Dressed for Met Gala 2016

by Bridget Richard Bees are an important part of our ecosystem, that cannot be denied. Without them, our food supply as we know it is gone for. Fruits and vegetables would simply not grow, and herbivorous animals would be goners, too. So to hear the statistic from National Geographic that “…the winter of 2012-2013 showed an average loss of about 45 percent of hives across … Continue reading Oh Honey, It’s Time To Care About Bees!

By Maria Gerbic Lebron James’s tweet from Saturday night, February 7, prior to Cleveland’s 120-105 victory over the Lakers, has stirred quite the controversy over teammates and media alike, who claimed that it targeted James’s teammate, Kevin Love. James originally denied that the tweet, which said, “Stop trying to find a way to FIT-OUT and just FIT-IN. Be apart [sic] of something special! Just my … Continue reading Is Lebron James Feuding with Kevin Love?

By Emily Bunsold When asked “Do you have any advice for new freshmen taking the exams this year?” Many of Bellbrook High School’s Juniors had some great advice. Kate Barton “I make study guides as I go throughout the chapters so that I don’t have that much to do by the end of the semester when exams roll around.” Alyssa Rogers “Eat a good … Continue reading Junior Advice For Freshman Exam Takers

By Cayla Destefani For all of those theatre lovers out there, the Victoria Theatre Association has big plans with lots of shows coming up this next season. Here is a list of the exciting new shows coming soon to Dayton… The Broadway Series- Popular Broadway tours great for many audiences. JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Runs from: Tuesday, Oct. 21 to Sunday, Oct. 26 … Continue reading Dayton Has A Great Upcoming Theatre Season

By Cayla Destefani The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Maze Runner, Twilight, Ender’s Game, The Host, Harry Potter, I am Number Four, Lord of the Rings, Inkheart, The Chronicles of Narnia, Percy Jackson, The Giver… The list goes on and on. All of these books and more once crowded book shelves and flooded librarian desktops. Teenagers and adults once spent time extending their vocabulary and opening … Continue reading More Books Stolen By Hollywood!!!!!

By Rachel Stewart General Motors recently released the internal testing data on the new 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, and the results are impressive. The newest Z06 boasts a 0-60mph acceleration time of a mere 2.95 seconds, with the eight speed transmission. When doing a quarter-mile run, it finished in less than 11 seconds, with a speed of 127 mph as it crossed the finish line. … Continue reading New Corvette Z06 Testing Data Races In

by Jackie Thompson The American political thriller, Scandal, premiered at prime time on September 25 and racked up an all-time high of 12.16 million views. Scandal, its lead-in program, Grey’s Anatomy, and its lead-out program, How to Get Away with Murder, gave ABC its best Thursday night in five years despite competition from CBS’s Thursday Night Football. Scandal follows Olivia Pope, played by actress Kerry Washington, … Continue reading Political Thriller Scandal Premieres at Prime-Time